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$303 70
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East School.
Alice M. Peirce, teaching 14 weeks, $96 60
Helen F. Pierce, 21 66 147 00
George Flint, 2} cords wood in 1881, 15 00
66 3
18 75
66
cleaning funnel, 75
Ellen Dempsey, care of school-room two terms, 8 00
Anthony Dempsey, "
one term, 2 00
Michael Dempsey, sawing three cords wood, 4 50
2 25
Mrs. Doherty, washing school-room, 1 50
1 50
James L. Chapin, ink, crayons and broom,
1 40
$299 25
GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Knight, Adams & Co., school books, &c., $80 40
Boston School Supply Co., school supplies, 33 58
Thompson, Brown & Co., books, 10 44
Ginn, Heath & Co., text-books,
2 08
$126 50
Unexpended balance,
345 48
$2,820 34
LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$200 00
Dog tax,
140 54
Interest on Periodical Fund,
6 00
PAYMENT.
Library Committee,
$346 54
SUPPORT OF POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, $750 00
$2,474 86
John J. Dempsey, 12 66
N. F. Cousins, repairs,
$346 54
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PAYMENT.
Daniel H. Sherman, support of Poor, from Jan. 1st, 1882, to Jan. 1st, 1883,
$737 50
Unexpended balance, $12 50
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$200 00
PAYMENT.
Samuel Hartwell, trimming Cemetery,
4 00
Unexpended balance,
$196 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$1,800 00
Interest on Water Bonds,
$1,800 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$2,500 00
Road Commissioners' orders,
2,694 98
Expenditure above appropriation,
$194 98
MISCELLANEOUS.
RECEIPTS.
Town grant, $1,040 00
PAYMENTS.
Samuel H. Pierce, in settlement of all de- mands to May 31, 1882, $200 00
J. L. Chapin, services as Water Commission'r, 150 00 66 water rates in 1876, repaid, 16 00
PAYMENT.
PAYMENT.
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J. L. Chapin, cash paid Walworth Mfg. Co., $11 12
66 " L. Thompson, Jr., for tools, 2 75
66 interest, 4 99
Samuel Hoar, Esq., services in suit Inhabitants
of Lincoln v. J. L. Chapin, 112 70
66 66 costs in two suits, 103 99
66 66 Commonwealth v. Conway et al., 20 00
Charles A. Cripps, repairs on out-building near Town Hall, 17 87
Charles A. Cripps, cash paid J. B. Wood for lumber, 13 99
Tolman & White, printing 350 copies Select- men's and School Com. reports, 32 30
Tolman & White, printing 12 copies Warrant, 1 00
66 66 66 25 Assessors' notices, 2 50
Matthew Doherty, watching after fire,
75
George Flint, cash paid for painting in church
tower, 2 00
66
66 cash paid for plumbing in church tower, 2 00
66
services as School Committee and book agent, 15 00
Lorenzo E. Brooks, copying and posting town warrants, 4 50
66
serving dog warrant, 4 50
James L. Chapin, sundries for Town Hall,
66 66 care of
66
66 sawing wood for Town Hall, 50
66
66 66 services as Town Clerk, 32 80
66
66
66 expressage, 1 00
66
66 66 postage, 75
J. D. Sherman, abatement of taxes in 1880, 18 28
66
66 66 66 1881,
52 22
66
66
66 66 1882, 12 02
Amos P. Sherman, services as Selectman,
25 00
66 66 66
" Assessor, 25 00
66
66
66
" Overseer of Poor, 15 00
4 95
5 50
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Samuel Hartwell, services as Selectman,
$40 00
66
60
" Assessor, 35 00
66
60
60 " Overseer of Poor, 15 00
66
66 cash for lock for town tomb, 65
66
expenses to Boston twice on account of taxes, 1 50
66
66 stationery,
60
E. B. Barnes, returning seven deaths, 1 75
J. D. Sherman, printing tax bills in 1881 and 1882,
6 00
William F. Wheeler, cash for blank book, stationery, postage and expressage,
9 90
William F. Wheeler, services as Selectman,
30 00
" Assessor,
35 00
66
66 66
66
"' Overseer of the Poor, 20 00
66
66
66
66
" Treasurer, 40 00
66
66
66 " School Com., 25 00
66
66
66
cash paid for insurance, 113 00
$1,284 38
Expenditure above appropriation,
$244 38
RECAPITULATION.
For Schools,
$2,474 86
Library,
346 54
Support of Poor,
737 50
66 Cemetery,
4 00
66 Highways and Bridges,
2,694 98
66 Interest on Town Debt,
1,800 00
66 Miscellaneous expenses,
1,284 38
66 66
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Amount expended, $9,342 26
In Alemoriam.
Mr. AMOS PRESCOTT SHERMAN, elected for the fifth time on the Board of Selectmen and Assessors, died on the twenty-ninth day of October last, and his associates in office cannot close this Report without leaving on record an expression of the loss they and their fellow-citizens have sustained in the death of this estimable young man-of sympathy for the deeply afflicted family and friends-and a grateful testimonial to the manly virtues which adorned his life and character. Mr. SHERMAN is believed to be the first man in the his- tory of the town, who has died while holding those offices. Other young men of equal virtue and intelligence, have died in the fulness of their strength and beauty of their manhood; but we can recall no instance where all the relations of life-husband and father, only son and brother, associate and friend, have been so sadly severed.
Mr. SHERMAN was born in Wayland, October 26, 1847, and com- pleted his thirty-fifth year three days before his death. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, and at the Appleton Academy, and afterwards spent several years in the ser- vice of the Ames Plow Company in Boston, where he won many friends by his faithful attention to business, and the correctness of his life and conduct. About fourteen years ago he came to Lincoln, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has been industrious and successful in business. In his official duties, his associates always found him faithful and diligent, careful and considerate, courteous and obliging. His last public service was attending the State Repub- lican Convention at Worcester, September 20, from whence he came home ill and went out no more until his death, six weeks later. He was remarkable for the purity of his life and conversation and the strength and force of his character. He believed in Jesus " as one who went about doing good," and his example and memory will be cherished by those who believe that a good life is the best preparation for death, and that the charms of virtue are unfading and immortal.
"The nobler beauties of the just, Shall never moulder in the dust, Or know a sad decay, Their honors time and death defy, And round the throne of Heaven on high, Beam everlasting day."
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
The Road Commissioners of the town of Lincoln respectfully submit the following report :
In the discharge of our duties, the first care was to smooth the roads early in the season, and remove the loose stones from the travelled way, and after this was done to make permanent repairs on such portions of the roads as seemed most to need them ; and in doing this we have not thought it good economy to slight the work, but to do it thoroughly. The result in some instances has been, that it cost more to accomplish the repairs satisfactorily than we expected, and, as a consequence, we did not reach some places we hoped to that need especial repairs. But, by pur- suing this course, we leave very little, if anything, to be done to the portions of the road thus repaired, and shall have more time and money to expend on the other bad places in the future. It is not necessary to mention the places where special repairs were made the past season ; and the places that need it in the future can be recalled by any citizen of the town. We especially call attention to the bad condition of the North County Road, which will require a large outlay the coming season. It was scraped over last spring and made a good summer road, but the repairs needed will be very expensive, owing to the lack of suitable material convenient. The road machine mentioned in our last report, was bought and used on the roads in the northerly part of the town with great satisfaction, and your Commissioners are agreed that economy in the care of the roads requires another of the same machines, and we recommend the town to provide for the purchase of one the coming season. The amount expended during the year ending January 31, is $2,694.98, of which $2,208.95 was expended for labor and materials, the remainder having been for breaking roads and for tools, etc. In view of the con- dition of the roads and the probable necessities for their care, we recommend that the town appropriate not less than $3,000 for the current year. The Guideboards of the town have had nothing done to them the past year, but the coming year they will need some expenditure of money.
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Following this will be found a detailed statement of the expenses of the Commissioners.
JAMES L. CHAPIN,
JOHN R. HARTWELL, Road Commissioners. DANIEL H. SHERMAN, L
LINCOLN, Feb. 17, 1883.
Breaking Roads.
John R. Hartwell,
$50 31
Samuel Hartwell,
18 87
Charles S. Smith,
6 00
Francis A. Wheeler,
12 75
James Kenna,
3 23
Michael Kennedy,
2 25
Michael Dempsey,
14 11
James Roach,
1 96
Patrick Roach,
34
John Sullivan,
51
John Flynn,
51
Zenas G, Smith,
9 35
John P. Taylor,
10 71
Albert S. Brooks,
16 48
Leonard W. Weston,
3 40
George H. Hoar,
3 91
Michael Wallace,
1 87
James Butcher,
1 10
William Hosey,
1 02
Daniel L. Giles,
85
T. & J. D. Lynah,
1 53
Edward M. Hugh,
2 38
Patrick Conway,
11 90
John Kennedy,
9 01
Matthew Dougherty,
8 50
Charles H. Whitney,
1 70
William H. Woolley,
2 72
Amos Hagar,
19 00
John Tasker,
7 88
Charles L. Bemis,
34
Charles H. Stratton,
3 00
Joseph Underwood,
- 5 00
George P. Haynes,
3 75
18
Louis Miner,
$0 75
Mr. Clark,
2 40
James Farrar,
6 90
John Wright,
1 35
C. W. Williams,
1 20
J. F. Farrar,
4 50
D. H. Sherman,
3 45
Baker Brothers,
25 00
N. F. Cousins,
7 50
George M. Baker,
3 00
Mr. Farrar,
34
John W. Rooney,
2 00
Michael McGuire,
1 50
Thomas Cone,
1 50
E. B. Lahay,
75
James Rice,
7 65
P. Craven and man,
4 00
$310 03
John R. Hartwell,
labor,
$1,192 49
James L. Chapin,
2 38
Charles S. Smith,
66
18 70
Charles E. Brown, 66
9 86
Matthew Dougherty,
66
8 67
Dexter C. Harris,
66
5 10
William L. G. Peirce,
66
1 70
Richard Delhanty,
66
13 43
John Butcher,
66
25
Samuel Hartwell,
66
52 62
Amos P. Sherman,
66
50 60
Daniel H. Sherman,
66
514 25
George P. Haynes,
66
56 07
John F. Farrar,
66
90 56
Herbert W. Farrar,
66
3 40
John Tasker,
66
22 17
Thomas Cone,
66
22 95
George M. Baker,
66
15 00
Edward Arnold,
66
4 50
Patrick Craven,
66
4 50
James Rice,
66
43 35
Charles L. Bemis,
66
6 00
Abijah G. Jones,
66
5 10
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William Foster, labor and gravel, James Rice, gravel,
$3 75
30 85
Jamel L. Chapin, tools and repairs, 66 time books,
15 80
1 00
4 72
D. H. Sherman, repairing tools, Thomas Ham,
9 18
$2,208 95
James L. Chapin, services as Commissioner,
$8 00
S. Pennock & Sons Co., road machine,
150 00
66 " new blade for machine, 8 00
Derby, Hapgood & Co., damage to team, 10 00
$176 00
Total expenses,
$2,694 98
REPORT OF LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE FOR 1882.
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STATISTICS OF LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Number of volumes in Library,
2,982
66
added past year,
181
Number of books delivered in January,
-
166
February,
-
66
66
March, -
-
-
198
April,
-
-
-
237
May,
-
-
-
208
June,
-
-
-
204
July, -
-
-
194
66
August, -
-
-
156
66
66
66
September,
-
-
181
66
66
October,
115
November,
154
66
66
66
December,
-
239
Total delivery, Registration of borrowers,
2265
204
Number of volumes lost past year,
1
Received a gift of the " American Architect and Builder" for 1882 (a periodical).
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66
-
213
66
20
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Balance from 1881,
$5 44
Dog tax, 140 54
Town appropriation,
200 00
Interest on Periodical Fund,
6 00
Fines and sale of cards,
9 05
A gift,
10 00
$371 03
Expenditures.
Miss L. J. Chapin, Librarian,
$60 00
Estes & Lauriat, for books,
210 57
Periodicals,
18 02
C. A. Cripps, labor and material, 8 35
11 26
J. R. Hartwell, 1} tons coal, 66 ¿ cord oak wood,
4 00
Sawing } cord wood,
1 00
Mrs. Doherty, cleaning Library,
3 25
A. Kennedy, making fires,
6 00
Stove pipe,
1 00
Cleaning stove and pipe,
50
Tolman & White, for printing,
2 00
Clark & Maynard, two door mats,
2 67
66
curtain fixtures,
3 00
66
fitting the same,
1 50
J. W. Ripley, binding 26 books,
7 90
Howard Clock Co., one clock,
24 00
A. Kennedy, work for Library,
75
Material for binding books,
57
J. L. Chapin, kerosene, &c.,
2 65
Expressage and postage,
1 50
$370 49
Amount received,
$371 03
Amount expended,
370 49
Unexpended balance,
54
M. L. PIERCE, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE -
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
FOR THE
SCHOOL-YEAR 1882-83.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
In obedience to the laws of the Commonwealth, the School Committee submit a detailed report of the schools under their care, for the school year 1882-3.
NORTH SCHOOL.
Teacher,-MISS LILLIE W. GALE.
Spring Term,-Whole number of pupils, 21; aver- age attendance, 18; length of term, 12 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number, 22; average attend- ance, 19; length of term, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number, 25 ; average attend ance, 10 weeks, 17+.
This school has remained under the care of Miss Gale the entire year. At our visits, whether we were expected or not, we have always found the school in excellent order, and we have had no occasion to go there to hear complaints or settle differences. Order, neatness, industry and progress, have been the char- acteristics of the school. The castle of indolence is not located in the North district, and the apple of dis- cord grows not there.
EAST SCHOOL.
Teacher,-Miss HELEN F. PIERCE.
Spring Term,-Whole number of pupils, 19; aver- age attendance, 12 ; length of term, 11 weeks.
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Fall Term,-Whole number, 20; average attend- ance, 15; length of term, 10 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number, 22; average attend- ance, 10 weeks, 18.
Miss A. M. Peirce resigned the care of the school at the close of the Winter Term, and Miss Helen F. Pierce was engaged in her place. This school has, for several years, suffered more from the irregularity of the attendance of pupils than the others; partly, perhaps principally, owing to the tender age of the pupils, and the distance they live from school. Little children cannot walk one or two miles to school in rain, snow and mud without wetting their feet and clothing, and endangering their health, and any attempt to enforce their attendance would probably result only in giving them a better excuse for their absence, i. e. that they were too sick to go to school, and the parents of some of them are not able, and others not willing to take the trouble to convey them to and from school.
Twice during the year the school has been closed on account of the appearance of scarlatina in the neigh- borhood. The panic caused by the breaking out of this dreaded scourge, and the long time after the crisis is passed before the fear of a relapse, and the danger of communicating the disease to others, operated to the injury of the school. There are some very good scholars in this school, and we notice a greater dis- parity between the attainments of the pupils of the same age in this school than in some others-and a study of the school Register reveals the cause of the dis- parity. The best scholars are those who attend reg- ularly and constantly. Children who do not attend constantly, do not acquire good school habits, do not
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learn how to study. Children need to be trained to study, as well as to work-a child who works only an hour in the day, or a day in a week, will never make an efficient or skillful workman ; and children who do not attend school regularly never acquire much knowledge, or learn anything well. If, instead of spend- ing sixteen dollars for the tuition of every child of school age in town, we should give the money to the teachers to divide among the children who should put in ap- pearance at the school rooms five mornings a week at nine o'clock, we believe there would be a much larger percentage in attendance to receive their dividends- rain or shine, sick or well-than now attend school. And yet the money they would receive would be as nothing in comparison with the value of the oppor- tunities they neglect. Under all the discouragements of her situation Miss Pierce has worked diligently and faithfully. Under her administration the order of the school has visibly improved, and the progress in study, by those who have attended school with any degree of regularity, has been satisfactory.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Teacher,-MISS EMMA B. WILLEY.
Spring Term,-Whole number of pupils, 41; aver- age attendance, 32+; length of term, 12 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number, 50; average attend- ance, 34; length of term, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number, 44 ; average attend- ance, 10 weeks, 37+.
At the writing of our last report this school was under the care of Miss Howe, a graduate of the Fra- mingham Normal School. At the closing examination
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her school appeared to great advantage, and the Com- mittee and parents present were pleased with her methods and the results of her work. But she had the misfortune to encounter the opposition of a portion of the parents to such an extent that the Committee thought best to relinquish her services. She soon secured a more eligible situation in the High School of her native town, which she still retains. She is there regarded as a teacher of marked ability, and has given entire satisfaction to parents, pupils and School Committee.
Miss Howe was succeeded in her work by Miss Willey, who brought to the duties of the station, a large and successful experience, and she has discharged her duties in a satisfactory manner. Schools generally suffer by a change of teachers, and the South School furnishes no exception to the rule. Teachers differ in their methods of teaching and training their pupils, and it takes a long time for teachers to become thor- oughly acquainted with their pupils, their previous attainments and mental powers, their home influ- ences and surroundings, all of which is necessary for the successful training of a school. In addition to these difficulties, we may add that the school is com- posed of nearly fifty pupils, belonging to four nation- alities, differing widely in their ages and attainments, and adding largely to the difficulties of classification and instruction.
The Committee thought best to employ an assistant teacher a part of the last winter term, and we were requested to employ an assistant the present term, but we declined to do so. The presence of two teachers and their classes in one school room necessarily causes
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some confusion, and the expense of an assistant would defray the cost of transporting the larger pupils to and from the High School, where they could be better classified and instructed. The Committee have no authority to spend money for the transportation of scholars, but towns are authorized by law to raise money for that purpose.
CENTRE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Teacher,-MISS CARRIE B. CHAPIN.
Spring Term,-Whole number of pupils, 35; aver- age attendance, 29.7; length of term, 12 weeks.
Fall Term .- Whole number, 25; average attend- ance, 20 + ; length of term, 12 weeks.
Winter Term,-Whole number, 23; average at- tendance, 10 weeks, 19 +.
A second reading of our report of this school for the last year would answer equally as well as anything we could now write. Miss Chapin's first class went up to the High School at the opening of the Fall term. This is the only loss the school has sustained. There has been no diminution of the diligence and devotion of the teacher, the interest of the parents and pupils, and the value of the results obtained. Everything relating to the school has moved on quietly, usefully and har- moniously.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Teacher,-MR. FREDERIC E. STRATTON.
Spring Term .- Whole number of pupils, 16; aver- age attendance, 11.26 ; length of term, 12 weeks.
Fall Term,-Whole number, 25; average attend- ance, 22.35 ; length of term, 12 weeks.
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Winter Term, -- Whole number, 26; average attend- ance, 10 weeks, 22.25.
At the writing of our last report, Mr. Dame had just left the school, and Mr. Stratton assumed the care of it. As we have already written, schools usually suffer by a change of teachers. Our High School must be regarded as the fortunate exception. Nothing seems to have been lost, but something gained by the change. Pos- sessing all the literary qualifications and industry of his predecessors, Mr. Stratton brought to our school a large experience gained in some of the best schools of the State. Familiar with the text-books and lessons of the pupils, he does not think it sufficient to give to the school only the school hours, but daily goes over the lessons of the pupils, and is thus enabled to bring to the recitations a wealth of information and illustra- tion drawn from history, poetry, philosophy, and nature.
Another advance in discipline, too, has been se- cured,-gained, not without effort and opposition, but nevertheless gained by the gentleness and firmness of the teacher, and the countenance and support of the pupils. There is no surer sign of a healthy spirit in a school-room than when petty acts of annoyance are condemned and frowned down by a majority of the pupils. Teacher and pupils are both to be commended for the improved order of the school-room.
We do not object to the use of corporal punishments by our teachers, but leave the matter to their own dis- cretion; but rather advise our teachers to send idle and refractory pupils to the Committee. A boy over- taken in a fault, and about to receive a whipping, is apt to lose his temper and self-possession, and sometimes
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the contagion spreads to other pupils and the teacher. A walk of a mile or two in the cool of the morning usually calms the temper, and restores the pupil to his better nature, and, by the time he reaches the resi- dence of the official, he is cured of his fault, and ready to receive the benediction, "Go and sin no more." And if once does not suffice, there is no particular objection that we are aware of to his going a second or third time. The roads are always open, and usually passable; and if they are not, boys and girls, too, are better employed in breaking them out, than in an- noying school teachers ; and it is better that an idle or disorderly pupil should walk two miles five times a week than that a whole school should witness the degrading and disgusting spectacle of a boy or girl whipped on the back or hand. Young America possesses many desirable traits of character, but his ideas of his own consequence sometimes swell to ridiculous propor- tions, and he imagines the house is not big enough to hold him.
A distinguished writer on Education says, "The ever-present law of the school-room should be, 'Im- pinge not, but hold sacred the rights of others.'" Any pupil who causes disturbance in school commits an offence more inexcusable than stealing, because he as- saults the rights of others, and robs them of a portion of their time and opportunities for gaining knowledge more valuable to them than gold or silver, while it adds nothing in the world to the wealth or possessions of the aggressor, except what gratifies his pride or spirit of revenge,-the more of which the pupil or the man has, the poorer and more degraded he becomes.
At the close of the Spring Term, the Committee
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were confronted with the alternative of increasing Mr. Stratton's salary to the extent of three hundred dollars, or parting with his services. Upon consultation with parents, they were found very unwilling to part with the teacher, and the Committee felt justified in accept- ing the offer of the parents to pay one half of the addi- tional compensation necessary to retain his services, and agreeing to pay the other moiety out of the in- creased appropriation of the town.
The increased appropriation has also enabled us to purchase some wall maps for the use of the schools, which were recommended by our predecessors and needed for years. More maps and some globes have been ordered, but, as yet, we have not received them. A singing-school was kept in the South school-house last winter, and an organ brought there for the use of the singing-school; it was used by the teacher and pupils of the day school during the winter and spring terms. At the suggestion of the teacher, and request of the parents, the committee decided to purchase it at an expense of sixty dollars. A similar instrument would be a valuable acquisition to all our school-rooms. One of the most interesting exercises at the examina- tion of our winter schools was the singing of the little children under the lead of Miss Chapin and Miss Gale. The animation and joy with which they engaged in it suggested the thought, inspired the hope, that their training, so early and successfully begun might go on, till they should join in the songs of the ransomed, the anthems of the redeemed.
One of the signs of the time, ominous of evil, is the · disposition, more and more manifest, as the years roll on, to assail the common schools of New England, to decry their value and represent them as fountains of
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evil rather than good, nurseries of vice rather than virtue. Such assaults, whether they come down to us from the halls of Congress or executive chairs, or up from the slums of North Street and the Five Points, should meet with an indignant rebuke. They are made by men - demagogues who would destroy the government, overthrow the fair fabric of civil and religious liberty, and send us back to ignorance, barba- rism and despotism; men who would strike out not from every precept of the Decalogue, and write "cursed" instead of " blessed" at the beginning of all the beatitudes. The schools of Massachusetts need no vindication or defence ; any argument to prove their value or excel- lence, is unnecessary - useless as to attempt to prove that the sun is the source of light and heat; that wisdom is better than folly, or light better than dark- ness. The destinies of men and nations are not in the hands of wicked and unprincipled men, but in the providence and power of the ever-living and ever- blessed God, who is ever bringing good out of evil and light out of darkness, and causing the wrath of man to work out and glorify the purposes of His infinite wisdom and goodness, and who is ever leading us onward and upward, sometimes through green pastures and beside the still waters, and sometimes through pain and suffer- ing, to peace and bliss. In Him we trust, and to His blessing commend all our institutions of religion and learning, and all who teach or are taught therein.
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